plea

英 [pliː]

美 [pliː]

n.  请求; 恳求; (被告或被告律师的)抗辩，答辩，辩护; (向法庭提供的)理由，借口，辩解

复数：pleas　

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Collins.2 / BNC.4363 / COCA.4894

牛津词典

noun

• 请求；恳求
  an urgent emotional request
  1. She made an impassioned plea for help.
     她恳切地求助。
  2. a plea to industries to stop pollution
     请求实业界停止污染
  3. He refused to listen to her tearful pleas.
     他对她声泪俱下的恳求置之不理。
• （被告或被告律师的）抗辩，答辩，辩护
  a statement made by sb or for sb who is accused of a crime
  1. a plea of guilty/not guilty
     承认 / 不承认有罪
  2. to enter a guilty plea
     正式表示认罪
• （向法庭提供的）理由，借口，辩解
  a reason given to a court for doing or not doing sth
  1. He was charged with murder, but got off on a plea of insanity.
     他被指控犯了谋杀罪，但以精神错乱为由逃过惩罚。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 恳求；请求
  Apleais an appeal or request for something, made in an intense or emotional way.
  1. Mr Nicholas made his emotional plea for help in solving the killing.
     尼古拉斯先生恳请帮助以解决这起凶杀案。
  2. ...an impassioned plea to mankind to act to save the planet.
     让人类行动起来拯救这个星球的慷慨激昂的呼吁
• N-COUNT （法庭上表明对于被指控的罪名服或不服的）申诉，答辩，抗辩
  In a court of law, a person'spleais the answer that they give when they have been charged with a crime, saying whether or not they are guilty of that crime.
  1. The judge questioned him about his guilty plea...
     法官就他的认罪答辩进行审问。
  2. We will enter a plea of not guilty...
     我们将进行无罪抗辩。
  3. Her plea of guilty to manslaughter through provocation was rejected.
     她因受到挑衅而过失杀人的有罪答辩被驳回。
• N-COUNT 辩由；借口；托词
  Apleais a reason which is given, to a court of law or to other people, as an excuse for doing something or for not doing something.
  1. Phillips murdered his wife, but got off on a plea of insanity...
     菲利普斯谋杀了他的妻子，但以精神错乱为由逃脱了惩罚。
  2. Mr Dunn's pleas of poverty are only partly justified.
     邓恩先生贫穷的托词只是部分成立。

英英释义

noun

• an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed
• (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer)
• a humble request for help from someone in authority
  Synonym:supplication

双语例句

• I think we might need to talk about a plea bargain here.
  我想我们应该谈谈认罪协议了。
• Your lover makes a passionate plea!
  您的情人发出了情真意切的恳求！
• Can't I just make one more heartfelt plea?
  我难道不能再做一个真心实意的辩解吗？
• No plea can be set up on the ground of ignorance.
  以无知为理由而提出的抗辩是不能成立的。
• The district court ruled that Popper's silence in court today should be entered as a plea of not guilty.
  区法院裁定今天波珀在法庭上的缄默将被视作是进行无罪抗辩。
• Now, I'm thinking we should, uh, withdraw our not guilty plea.
  我想现在我们可以撤回无罪的请求了吧。
• A judge accepted her plea that she was guilty of manslaughter, not murder.
  她申诉说自己并非蓄意谋杀，而是过失杀人，法官接受了她的申诉。
• She put in a plea of guilty.
  她提出无罪抗辩。
• This is my plea to you.
  这是我向你提的请求。
• His plea came last night as party chiefs held an inquest into the election disaster.
  昨晚政党领袖就选举惨败原因进行调查时，他提出了申辩。